A monthly roundup of Gilded Age and Progressive Era news articles and blog posts from around the web.
Piecing together the story of the oldest known government-produced film in the National Archives
The profound impact of Charlie Chaplin
Automobiles and the making of the modern world
A history of poorly paid Minor League Baseball players
Spiritualism and the story of the Fox sisters
Teaching sources covering the Black Freedom Struggle
The 1920s mansion, Mar-a-Lago
How a typhoid case led to an abortion felony, from SHGAPE Blog Editor Dr. Evan Hart
Women football coaches dating back to the 1880s
Singing along to ragtime music
Deconstructing Teddy Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena” speech
Reframing the history of the Colfax Massacre
Reimagining historic architecture through Instagram
The life of Lizzie J. Magie, inventor of the Landlord’s Game, the game that became Monopoly
Latinos in Hollywood since the silent film era
Studying disability and the built environment in the classroom
Reimagining gender norms in Red Dead Redemption 2
Suffragist leader Anne Howard Shaw
The divide between parental control and academic freedom
A recap of the Mark Twain Studies Conference
Oppression, the Comstock Act, and the century-long backlash that led to Roe
Black southerners, the right to vote, and key 2022 Senate races
Bessie Beatty, the labor struggle, and woman’s suffrage
The call to loan binoculars to the U.S. Navy during WWI
U.S.-Philippines relations and remembering the dark legacy of colonialism
Casey Jones and America’s railroad workers
After serving in the United States Navy, Kym pursued her education and true passion of history. Kym taught as an adjunct for six years prior to continuing her education. She is currently a History PhD student and Fellow at the University of Montana, focusing on public health in the Progressive Era.